Dutch Harbor in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain is tops in U.S. seafood catch -- for the 15th year in a row. That's according to an Associated Press story (via the Washington Post) that notes American seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year.
And Alaska led all other states in volume of fish caught, notes the story:
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) concludes that the high point in seafood volume correlates to a rebound in American fish populations. But there are a few exceptions, where fish populations may be crashing, including in Alaska. The Department of Commerce has declared federal disasters for several U.S. fisheries -- cod and other groundfish in New England, chinook salmon in Alaska's Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers and the Mississippi River delta's oyster and blue crab fisheries.